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Monday, February 10, 2014

Leading Above & Beyond: Space and Cyberspace with Certain Uncertainty with General William L. Shelton

Join us for "Leading Above & Beyond: Space and Cyberspace
with Certain Uncertainty," a lunchtime discussion with General
William L. Shelton. Lunch will be served. RSVP required by
February 3. For more information, contact Beth Newhall at Beth_Newhall@hks.harvard.edu. General Shelton is responsible for organizing, equipping,
training, and maintaining mission-ready space and cyberspace forces
and capabilities for North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S.
Strategic Command and other combatant commands around the world.
General Shelton oversees Air Force network operations; manages a
global network of satellite command and control, communications,
missile warning and space launch facilities; and is responsible for
space system development and acquisition. He leads more than 42,000
professionals assigned to 134 locations worldwide. General Shelton entered the Air Force in 1976 as a graduate of
the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has served in various assignments,
including research and development testing, space operations and
staff work. The general has commanded at the squadron, group, wing
and numbered air force levels, and served on the staffs at major
command headquarters, Air Force headquarters and the Office of the
Secretary of Defense. Prior to assuming his current position,
General Shelton was the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director,
Air Staff, U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.